bronco-buster

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“Fight or Fall” is a gorgeous midtempo ballad urging unity among men, and “Cowboy Song” looks at the lonely independence of a rodeo bronco-buster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Then a lean, slab-sided, rather frowzy-looking man, outwardly differing in no essential respect from the professional bronco-buster of the Southwest, slipped from the spectators' seats into the ring.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

Then as he kicked off his leather chaps he said shortly, "I'm not looking for a job as a professional bronco-buster."

From When A Man's A Man by Wright, Harold Bell

Talking about sheepmen, reminds me of Joe, the big bronco-buster, and his mot.

From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.

He was our recent acquaintance, Silas Pine, bronco-buster from the Bad Lands, who, with clinched teeth and rigid features, was in full practice of his chosen profession.

From "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War by Munroe, Kirk